Curated · external resource Contributing to a Project Intermediate 1h

Issue Tracking with GitHub

This lesson covers the basics of issue tracking for software projects, including how to create, manage, and close issues on GitHub.

Learning outcomes

  • Identify the purpose of issue tracking in software and project management
  • Describe common components of an issue (title, description, labels, assignee)
  • Create clear, actionable issues that facilitate collaboration
  • Apply best practices for prioritizing and organizing issues
  • Demonstrate how issue tracking supports project planning and sustainability

Prerequisites

GitHub, Open source basics

Cite this lesson

Metadata from CITATION.cff.

APA

Mundt, M. (2023). INTERSECT: Issue Tracking. (Version 0.2.0). UC OSPO Network. https://intersect-training.org/Issue-Tracking/

BibTeX
@misc{issue_tracking_with_github_2023,
  author    = {Mundt, Miranda},
  title     = {INTERSECT: Issue Tracking},
  year      = {2023},
  publisher = {UC OSPO Network},
  url       = {https://intersect-training.org/Issue-Tracking/},
  version   = {0.2.0}
}